BETHLEHEM, November 11, 2014 (WAFA) – Armed Israeli settlers Tuesday intercepted and chased down female Palestinian students while they were on their way home from school in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.

Head of Kisan village council Hussain Ghazal, told WAFA that Gun-toting settlers intercepted the students while walking home from school, chasing them down and causing them to panic before they succeeded to seek refuge at a nearby residential area, escaping the settlers’ attack attempt.

Settlers’ ongoing attacks against Palestinians have increased significantly following the reported killing of an Israeli soldier and a female settler on Monday during two separate stabbing attacks in Tel Aviv and a West Bank settlement near Hebron.